IT asset disposition (ITAD)

IT asset disposition (ITAD) is the business built around disposing of obsolete or unwanted
equipment in a safe and ecologically-responsible manner.

ITAD vendors specialize in the process of streamlining disposition of IT assets, while minimizing costs and
maximizing recouping of losses. Businesses have a heavy replacement cycle of IT equipment.
Enterprises with worn out old equipment are faced regularly with decisions of whether to refurbish
or resell, recycle or dispose of business equipment.

ITAD exists in response to a number of considerations in replacing business equipment:

Information about how ecologically-sensitive components should be disposed of is not common
knowledge.

Businesses stand to recoup losses in environmental fees and offset costs of purchasing new
equipment through judicious recycling or reselling. For example, gold can be recycled from motherboards; equipment can be sold
on auction websites or to employees.

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